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Why Congress Opposed
Prohibition For Hawaii
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A f ti .1 trntiftrrltit In nlitnlnnMi nt
mlltce on Pacific Inlands uud I'orto Illco when John (J. Woollcy attempted
to bIiqw that the iieunlu of Hawaii are) Incapable of self government, Tlio
official transcript of tho procei-dlngs Is ns follow a:
(Continued from last Saturday)
llie Hawaiian people desire this
legislation. . My confidence In thin
statement comes of nctttal contnet
with audiences anil Individuals In
every part of the group. The lln
wallan are great people for publlJ
meetings. 'Vftey love to llstel , to
ting, nml to apeak. The custom,
fixed In early missionary diys, of
holding (treat gathellugs for religi
ous exercises, still obtains. Each
jear.'n !ut meeting Listing several
days Is held for each Island, and one
mill gtealer for the whole group.
To tlieertieetliiJs the people, young
and old, flock from every quarter,
Onq who addresses ull of these meet
ings practically speuks to the entire
better element of the native imputa
tion. I have addressed them all on
this subject and conferred In private
wllli the leading citizens. When the
body of men with whom I am con
nected decided to Bupport the John
son bill, It happened to ! the sex
sort for holding these great annual
meetings. The bill had been printed
In the newspapers and widely read
and discussed. All the Hawallans
ran read, and do read. In prepara
tion for the conventions, wo made n
leaflet of the bill and presented It
with full explanation and discussion
ns a prominent feature Of every
meeting. It met with instant anil
enthusiastic approval. Every meet
ing, passed n unanimous foTutal re
solution In support of It; but tho
people did not slop nt.that. A re
markable campaign of cbrreAjibnd
ence was begun. This letter-writing
avalanche of public sentiment be
gan aftir I left the Islands. The
desks of Members of Congress are
the best witnesses of how earnestly
and thoroughly the people worked.
In many cases the writers dlil not
wait to get translations of their let
ters, but sent them along tn ills ..,
live language, begging for the pass
age of the bill. I happen to know 01
one small parish In Honolulu that
feHt over 1,100 letters, and from
what Members or the Senate and tho
House have told me, 1 Judge that
cither churches produced crops of let
ters In, the same tropical abundance.
I do(bot hesitate to say that prac
tlcallj 'every native minister hopes
and works and prays for favorable
action on the part of Congress. Ev
ery white tairhlsrvr of Congregation
al, Methodist, Christian, Adventlst,
Mormon, and independent churches,
as AvelPas the Salvation Army, takes
the same position. Every Chinese
and Japanese Cnrlstlan minister,
Iahian,i teacher, and msoi work
er Is for It. Evcrv solal-Efitltonieiii
Itader and every conductor of res.
cuo missions Is for It. If there Is an
exception, I have not -heard pf L
Every Christian native woman
nnd nearly nil the women are Chris
Mapsriras well ad every Christian
Chinaman and Japanese and Kore
an Is for this bill. "" "
'I havo. with the permission of tho
department of public Instruction, nd
drcssod. practically all the schools In
tho Territory and I found teacher'
and pupils alike alert and Intelligent
n tho subject of tho evil aniTCTie'imrli
of drink.
v If It be objected that this shows tlio
present mavemont to bo misslonaiy
rather, than popular, I answer that
llteral)Jvev'crythlng In Hawaii that
Sakos for culture and for character In
io native- id missionary. The Ha
waiian race, so far Is shows civiliza
tion, is a trophy of missionary labor.
Ignorant and malicious men are accus
tomed to say that tho missionaries and
their children got the lands of the na
tives and got rich wrongfully. Exactl)
tho reverse Is truo. Somo mission
ary families In the Becond generation
did acquire wealth, but they did It
faltly and honorably, by good uso of
opportunity and the advance of civili
zation. But meanwhile It was mis
sionary Influence that secured. for na
tlvea the first right they ever hid In
lands or, goods, or even life Itself, t
wll add, after a good deal of study
of the Pacific Islands, that I am con
vinced tho only thing that saves the
namo of "white man" from being .
stench ami a dlsgraco In tho history of
the South Seas Is the missionary. And,
Hpeaklng broadly, tho element that
backs the liquor trade In tho Islands
Is one whose moral altitude Is Indicated
by the constant coupling of the phrases
"damned missionary" and "damned
Kanaka." M i
Tho opposition to this legislation Is
slight, comparatively, and unconvinc
ing It Is no part of my duty or my
policy to conceal the opposition or be
little It, but the threat of tho liquor
men that they "will sell anyway" Is a
confession of the Intrinsic criminality
of, tho business and Its pollceibleness
by tha local authority. Theodore
Itoosevelt never said a truer thing than
yfhorr hi made this contribution (o this
subject: '
' "The liquor trafllc tends to produco
drlmlnallty In tho population at largo
3 net lawbroaklug among tho liquor
oalera themselves."
I A protest has been entered by the
Chinese liquor sellers of Honolulu.
Tills booms to me gross Impudence.
They .complain jhat they will lose
money?' 'Well, let them lose. If by so
iiilCh' tho weak Hawaiian and tho lone
nome soldier and sailor may be gainers
la, pock,(U, happiness, efficiency and
character. The Chinese merchant who
fuels constrained to furnish alcoholic
hospitality will not bo hindered by this
bill, and If he does not like a country
where, ho can not deal In alcoholic
drink of opium, let him go back to
China arid enjoy himself.
Every brower, distiller, gambler, ev
ery enemy of law and order. Is op
posed, of course, and I do not rail at
them but simply urge the general pub-
ha nmxin.iinud iw.r-A .i. o....i n...
lie welfare aa ngilnst tho Inconveni
ence of n few stilish anil Injurious clt
IzeiiR.
A ory few goo. citizens npmse the
bill, becauso tho claim In made that
n ceitaln liquor member of tho legis
lature had a hargiln with n prominent
prohibitionist, that If the present II
.cense law were left Intact at tho last
general session no move for prohibi
tion would be mado. Thoy were mis
taken. Nobody did make such a bap
gain, and nobodv could.
TOURIST8 ALSO EXCEPTED.
A few earnest promoters of the gen
eral business Interests of the Territory
make the objection that this bill
strikes a blow at the tourist traffic.
The point Is not unimportant, but man
ifestly It lacks the support of facts.
The tourist Is far lest anx'out what he
drinks than about what he can tee and
learn and enjoy In better ways. And
If he really requires alcohol, the ship
that brlras him will not lack a full
supply and he can carry his drink
ashore; and In the lavish hospitality
that makes the Islands famous he It
absolutely tafe from alcoholic drouth.
A few good citizens doubt the value
of the prohibitory policy aa a remedy
for the evils of the trafllc. The answer
to them Is that the onl thing In the li
cense policy tint even promises Ini
proement Is the prohibition that It
carries and that Is nlnpst negligible
becauso of Its being unequally okpd
with n kind of permission that If not
corrupt Is near I). And In spite of
many disappointments, tho prohibitory
Ureas show better conditions thin oh
tnln In license sections. Tho consist
ency of tho prohibitory policy makes
ft)r a better public morality, and with
the ravernl acts of Congress In aid of
tho notice power or the States tho
practical results are marc and more
encouraging.
The territorial legislature has file I
its objection. That simply means
thai tho stronglv organized desper
ately Interested, nnd very clover liquor
trade was able b a sudden assault,
while tho enemies of the saloon were
sleeping, to stampede a Jot of well
meaning unorganized friendly easy
nnthes by exploiting a fictitious
front to local prldo.
The opposition of the territorial Del
egate Is purely technical, and. as I
suppose, simply pro forma since ho
himself is an nvowel prohibitionist on
principle nnd the author of the graves!
count In our-Indictment of tho eneny
of his people
I Inve asserted without rcservo that,
speaking broadly the Hawaiian people
nro In favor of thin bill. If that Is so,
slnco they hao tho votes and tho nil
thorlty, why do they not proceed at
.home to outlaw tho liquor trade?
TEBfJITOflY TOO FEEBLE.
They can't.. The Territory It very
rr)4ll rural, feeble. The liquor trade
Is very great, expert, strenuous, un
scrupulous. Politics In a democracy
Is almoit wholly a matter of leadershlo
lun!!l h'ah overage of popular Intelli
gence and Initiative Is attained; and
the leadership Initio Itlandt Is bad.
Tho Liquor Dealors' Association nf
Hawaii Is easily tho cleverest and most
diligent imlltlcal lighter In the Islands.
The Planters' Association Is as much
nipre powerful as It Is more patriotic
ond reputable, but it seeks In general
only what It ought to get and moets
with little opppsltion. It gets what It
wants, becauso It knows what It
wants; knows how to get It. nnd goes
after It fairly and decently. Tho Liquor
Dealers' Association, oven with tho
hnudlcap of tho bad character of tho
business. Is the paramount political
bully 'and diplomatist combined. Tho
lxiwer of drink, thei power of nlavliifr
thimble rings on simple minds, tho
power to do things three hundred and
Blxty-flvo days tn the year, the powor
to bring good laws Into contempt by
strong conspiracies of violation, tho
power to plot and stick, togothor, the
power to take punishment and stay In
the ring the ability utterly to Ignore
the losses nnd sorrows of Its natrons
and victims make It Invincible In such
n country as Hawaii. It controls the
senate and can1 control It, and some
times It can stampede tho house.
The Islands of Kauai, Lansl, Nllhau
and rolokal have been closed to sa
loons because they are controlled by
rich, good men, who are the political
leaders there. But the wholesale liquor
dealer has his way In them all Just the
same.
The Islands of Oahu, Hawaii, and
Maul are the people's counties and tho
liquor dealers rule thorn and can rule
them; and they would no more permit
a fair, untrammcled election on the
proposition of prohibition for the Ter
ritory under territorial law than they
would set fire to their own homes.
When they say, as they do, that the
peoplo are opposed to prohibition, they
do not shine In truthfulness or fair
ness. The proof Is that they are afraid
to submit tho question.
I am not speaking In disrespect of
the Hawaiian voter. I am telling the
simple truth about his Inadequacy for
such a contest. Let me offer the re
port of the subcommittee of the Ha
waiian commission, mado to the Sen
ate In 1898, on the subject Tills sub
committee of the Commltteo on tho
Judiciary was composed of Senator
Morgan, famous for accuracy, and W.
P. Prear, Jately chief Justice and now
governor 'of the Territory of whom' I
hnve never heard a harsher criticism
than that ho Is so exceedingly" careful
and studious. Speaking of the prop
erty qualifications of voters they sny:
"To materially reduce the qualifica
tions below what Is now proposed
would be to practically turn the legis
lature over to the masses, a lnrg,e por
tion of whom have not yet fully learn
ed the meaning of ropresontatlo gov
ernment." There was a property qualification
at that time for those who voted for
HenitorH $1000 In nxh m $1000 in rial
estate 1 nm not quite sure nbout tho
amount.
,The Crnlmsn; There was n property
qualification for both scnitors and rep
resentatives at that time.
Mr, Wool ley: I am not sure ntiouf
tho figure, hut there tf.is n veiy heavy
property qualification, considering the
kind of peoplo there,
The Chairman: If I remember aright
It was $1000 of property or $00 of In
come for n senator or $"10 of property
and $250 of Inrornn for n rrprps'ntv
the. Hut -they now have unhcrsal
surf i ago.
Mr. Woollev Yes !.ot me read this
quotation again?
"To materially reduce the qinllflci.
lion below what Is now propnppd would
bo to practically turn the legislature
ocr to tho masrps "
"a large portion of whom IWvo not Pt
fullv learned tho mo-inlug of ropiu
sentatlve government "
A thing which that subcommltten
thought would be bad
Hut the orgnnle act comolclch swept
away thp qualifications and put the re
sponslblllty for the formative period
of tho Territory Into tho linn Is of tlio
mnRSPR who h-M not leirttPd nnd hac
not ef leariiPd the meaning of repre
sentative govprnnvnt The rpull Is
that the senate tha small legislative
body, the body that Is elected for a
long term and controlled by scientific
politics worked out In the law offices
and tho counting rooms of liquor deal
ers Is not only the balance wheel of
the liglslature. but also the nlr brakp
and engineer It Is divided Into two
gioups of big Interests sugar and
whlskv and nnturally the two Ingredi
ents combine to accomplish the results
desired by each on the ethical maxim
"Business Is business.", I do not sug
epst any other community of Interest
between the two great Industries than
simply that of getting done or pre
entlng things being done In lerlsla
lion. The sugar business In the back
bone of the country, controlled In the
main h n Iilr,h diss of men, generous
glvprs to nil good causes, mnrvels of
willingness to be taxed for the public
good, but absolutely Incapable of de
nouncing and destroying tho business
pf men who hnve been their, neighbors
from childhood In a llttlo lilt of n com
munity, aud In many cases related to
them ny marriage or uy blood,
TERRITORY INCOMPETENT.
In short, the territorial government
It unable either to pollct or abolish the
liquor traffic. The Federal Govern
ment can. It controlt the portt and
conducts tho butlnett of them admir
ably. It hat a very efficient Internal
revenue office In the Territory, It Is
notorious that the federal officers, be
ing more detached from the local In
fluences and held to ttrlcter standards
of efficiency, and being more tharply
criticised than local officers, are the
mott successful. The criminal daises
have more fear of them. The popular
understanding It thit what the Uni
ted Statee tays "goes." The Ha
wallant are a docile,-taw abiding peo.
pie anyway and the ban of federal au
thority upon the Ijquor butlnett In tho
Itlandt would 'Immediately effect a
great popular uplift toward sobriety
and law enforcement. The federal of
ficers would have practically no trouble
with Hawatlans. Their care would be
the whites and orientals.
Tho federal Government ought to
do It. Its settled policy In common
with tbo other nations Is to protect
such people as my clients from the
liquor traffic. " Its seltled policy Is to
protect Its soldiers nnd sailors from
tho liquor traffic. Tho military camps
of Hawaii nro under absolute prohi
bition, while the Boldlers wander
nbout tn a wilderness of saloons li
censed by the local law or running un
licensed In spite of local law and local
officers.
The battleships are under prohibi
tion but when they tie up to tho pier
In Honolulu shore leave for the men
means running tho gauntlet or half a
hundred liquor stores, not only saloons,
but also "liquor merchants," who arc
glad to sell a short half pint of gin
and call It "wholesolo."
The Delegate of tho Territory In
Congress, naturally and properly sen-
Pltlvo about the quality of his people.
viUnjova imn Ulll, 1IUI Ull 11H merits (ur
his own words are, according' to the
Interview alieady quoted from, "1 do
uui wish io uu unuersioou as oeing op
poseit to n prohibition law If it Is en
acted by our local leglslatuie. If such
a bill comes beforo the legislature, 1
will support It hcartll) for the good of
my own people " but on tho technical
ity or policy, that in the transaction
of annexation the United States Gov
ernment has entered Into a compact
to give homo rule to the Territory.) He
s mistaken. Congress did not under
take to give homo rulo, but good rule,
clean rulo, American rule with homo
rulo as far as It might piove salutor.
I have gone carefully through all tho
documents or the proceeding and the
only thing In the record that even dim
ly or remotely Justifies the Delegate's
position la a bIiikIo" expression In the
organic net: "The territory legisla
ture shall have power to legislate on
all rightful subjects of legislation not
Inconsistent with the Constitution and
laws of tho Untied States, and local!)
applicable," which means nnd enn
mean no more nor less than this, that
the Territory Is not a mere depend
ency but a member of the family, and
as such permitted and expected to
practice self help and self-iellauce,
along with disobedience; and so In
time, learn to be capjblo of statehood;
precisely aa a good wise mother might
say to her child; "There, now, you aio
standing on your feet,, take a step:
walk; uso your mind; and I will help
and direct and, at need, command and
control, until you grow io ue a man"
"Legislature Incapable."
The suggestion that for Congress tu
take charge or this most difficult an I
vital matter would be mi ntfront to th i
Territory s ridiculous. Tho whole ter
ritorial relation assumes the right and
the duty of Cougrers to do so If It ap
pears to be advisable In the local or
the national Interest.
Tho point lalsed bv Mr. KulanU
naolo Is easily disposed of by a brief
Reference to, the law and the under
lying public documents. The Perioral
Constitution, Article IV, section 3, sec
ond clauso, declares:
"Tho Congress shall have iowcr to
dlsH)su of and make nil needful rules
and regulations respecting the Terri
tory' or other property belonging to
the United Stnfps"
Thin shown, an In thp nitnro of the
matter It would surely show, that In
the annexation nf the Islands thp Fed
'eral Government took over thp com
plete sovereignity and bound Itself to
nothing but the best good of the cit
izens; and tho question hero Is simply
this: What Ih tho best good of tho
nntlon as to this unique and particular
national Territory an regards tho
liquor business aud ho.w to provide It,
so far ns the law can provide It?
The relation between the Territory
and the General Government Is not a
treaty relation. Tho offer of the Ha
wnllan Republic was nn unconditional
surrender of the land, thp laws, dip
revenues, the Interests of tho Inhab
itants to Congress In return for pro
tection and betterment that wcro sore
ly needed. Koiolutlon was smoldering
In tho body politic. Foreign aggres
sion wns suggested by many signs,
liubonlc plague was'burrontng In tha
tenements of Honolulu. Tho call of
tho Republic was for adoption Into tho
nntlon whose peoplo had lifted the
group out ot naked baibarlsm nnd
taught the natives all they knew of
duty and of right. And the rcsionso
put Hawaii Into tho Union precisely on
tho footing of any mainland Territory,
The opening recital In the Joint reso
lution of Congress leaves no doubt;
"Whereas the Government of the Re
public of. Hawaii having In due form
signified Its consent In tho manner
provided In Its constitution to cedis
absolutely and without reserve tq tha
United Stales of America all rights ot
sovereignity or whatsoever kind in ami
over the Hawaiian Islands nnd their
dependencies, etc."
Theclausc In tho organic net giving
certain simple powers to tho local leg
islature Is substantially like tho clauses
on tho same subject In theorganlc acts'
of other Territories, which were never
held nnd could not be held to conclude
Congress in the premises or diminish
Its authority In any meaaure.
With express reference to the liquor
, business In the new Territory, the
.facts are that tho House of Represent-
Intlvcs put prohibition Into the arganlo
act. while In tho Senate tho territorial
.legislature was glen the privilege, of
permitting the liquor business. In,con
ferenco the commltteo of tho Houso re
ceded, probably for lack of Interest
I In the subject. So Hawaii came Into
I tho Union under a license policy. Tint
I wns ten yeJrs ago, nnd every Interest
led observer of tho matter, save only
the liquor dealers, knows and nc
t knowledges that the last ten years
'have been the worst thoMslandB ever
I know as to drink, the number of
I saloons In Honolulu having Increased
in mai iiniu iroin pernaps i id d id
about 60 at the picscnt time.
During tlie Inst eight years Mr. Ka
lantanaole has not 'only been the Dele
gate In Cougress but he has been tho
leading native citlzeu In the Territory,
with the ability at any time to mar
shal tho native vole In practically a
'solid body against the liquor traffic.
And during those eight cars tho
spread of light and knowledge slid ag
illation on tho subject has been, po
ll a ps, the most striking social phenoii
Ienon In our national progress whlla
the same period has recorded an al
most complete change or front In th'i
l attitude or medical science on tho buo
Ject. During this tlmo the Dclegat-j
undoubtedly has knavtn what he now
knows as to tho effect of tho business
on his people, and so frankly and elo
quently expresses. Hut still, condi
tions In the Territory hao gone nolo,
louely from bnd to worse.
A congressional excursion w is con
ilnetpil to the Territory durinr tho
jlast summer. Tho guests wcro shown
J tlio pleasant and festive things of our
I loveliest of countries. They saw In
general only thq happy scenes there
i Thoy did not see, unless they sought
i them out, tho vlco and misery of the
liquor underworld In Kaknnko nnd Pa
limn, nnd yet I venturo the statement
that nono of them ever experienced a
more humid hospitality,
I What, I repeat, have ten oars of
homo rulo dono for the native peoplo
of tho Islands In defending them or
leading them to protect themselves
'against the liquor traffic?
The local legislature hat had author
ity and ample knowledge for ten years,
and conditions have grown tteadlly and
.trag'cally worie.
The local legltlature appears to be
wholly Incapable In the matter.
'The native population needt and de
tervet prompt and powerful Interven
tion. (To be Continued.)
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
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,. BAND CONCERT.
The Hawaiian band will play at
, Emma Square tonight the program to
bo as follows:
Overture Ra)mnnd ........ Thomas
Spring Song nnd Italian Unllad ...
, .....i. , Mendelssohn
East Indian Hallads, Woodford Winden
Hawaiian 'Melodies Carvalho
Vocal l.tllclimi and Oahu .,. Molanl
Hanalol and Lellehpu Net,.
, Klvenburgli
llarltonn Solo Catsaiiilra l'ctteo
! Mr T Pnrvnlhn
ITIreezos from the South ...Myddleton
'iThp Merrymakers Myddleton
Tho Star Spang'ed llanner.
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Although Secretary Wilton has
published a cook book, we doubt
whether he can boll water without
scorching It, Wheeling Intee.ll
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jyiltS HOi'NTON believes that our present sjstem of education la all wrong.
canh tmilaro anil ntlKnliAtllnnil aim I.IIavaa tlmt tlm aMtn.il atn!iHulii!
forerunner of many similar schools all over tho world '
Mrs Boynton, who Is a beautirul nnd gracrful woman, wears a modification of the dress of ancient Grcec
and believes that In tho neor.futura we shall havo a complete revolution both In dress and In manner of living. Hur
views aro receiving aroint nltentlc.ii from those who bcllevo In a better and a simpler life.
A Pica For fhe
Children by
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fpiIE beat conditions of the average
child to.lay are to overshadowed
by conventional form and the contra
dictions ot nature that no child ran
develop, normally and perfectly
Every child thould have a plant,
healthful home; plain, healthful food,
plain, healthful clotlur. and ull the
luxuries of the soul pure. Inspiring
thoughts, uplifting music, and all (he
luxuries of nature, (he stars, the for
est, the tea. the sunshine, fresh ulr.
flowers, the spiritual part of life of
which all the centuries have sulci.
"8rrk ye this first and the rest will
be added thereunto"
The school Is not a dead thing, but
a living, spiritual structure, where
man and nature Join in thought nnd
love to give the young soul that Idnil
surrounding and uplift necrtsuo for
perfect development,
I soa lldly before me a vision of
the futuro school of the world, upon
the foundation of the democracy uf ,1b
schoolt of America, that free school
where rich and poor, high and tow.
meet equally and are graded not on
wealth or class or position, hut on
personal. Indivldua' merit, svhero chil
dren meet on equal footing, the d renin
of Socrates and I'jato, a school wheie
every man's child shall be treated and
trained at every other map's child, und
In that treatment one man shall not
know hit own child, but they shall all
be his children, and they shall be
brothers and sisters. That spirit of
subfratcrnlty vhl-h Is today creeping
Into our educational Institutions Is a
crime ngdlnit democracy and draws a
line ofdlstlnc(lon between students on
the mere ground of possession
Upon this foundation pf democracy
rises the vision of a structure of the
whiteness of purity and truth, a fitting
abode for those qualities of character
that are to be awnkinrd In the chil
dren, for the schools of the future
are temples of purity and cleanliness,
dedicated to the moral, spiritual, men
tal and physical development uf every
child. The bull lings are simple and
beautiful and culculntod In tune nnd
.structure to suhgest Iru h and sin
cerity und fnlrl brea'he a subtle In
fluence, the suit of hUh thinking and
noble actjons TIkhi- buildings uru
situated and utmost 'hidden in beauti
ful natural crum, ion 'Jfli.lal cur
Among those who nre planning to
spoil! tho summer months at Santa
Ilnrbarn nro Mrs, William G. Irwin,
Miss Holene Irwin, MrB. William Mnyo
i-iuwiiuu j.isa aiarian MOwiia.ll, Miss
Elizabeth Nowhall, Mr. and Mrs. Trnnk
1 Tnn Imr .....1 I ...., a ... ...
"v""i ie en. nun mis rtuurc-w
Welch. S. P. Cnll. ,
Dr. and Mrs. Cary Langliorno nro
spending soveral days a tljo guests of
...i, mm mm. Junius rotier wingnorne
-at their homo on Pacific avenue. Dr.
Langhorna, who has been stationed at
Honolulu for tho past'yi'ar, has boen
ordered to nn Hustoin stutlon. S. 1
Cnll.
At
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Button vlsltel
In Honolulu faBt winter with Mr, and
Mia Hnrry Mucrarlanc. The latter Is
n sister of Mrs. Duttpus, Beforo their
marriage the two women, who were
Poll) nnd June Dunn of 8an Francisco,
were two of the prettlost women lu
that city, The following clipping Is
taken from tho Chronicle:
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Foster Button
C. Boynton and r ,
Five Beautiful Children
dens, for when we stop to thfnk It Is
only th rt candy box gardens that
children's feet are hostile' to, nnt fie
beautiful carnPts of the field, where
' the flAVHi nnrl tf .in Mzhllv nftpr the
! children's fict have passed over them
I The first duty r this school Is to
ed uce that work for which each dif
ferent child wns mado and which was
made for tacit child, the finding of
which Is peno , tho failure to find.
misery that work for which the chld
Is phtslrnllv. mrntnlly nnd spiritual!"
titled for each Jn hit own particular
way la a genius This Is found bv
Htuil)lng tha child lit his iron natural
play v
The tiaihers of the future tuko th-fr
pattern nf the school from thnt gr
school en lied life, where nature l.s
man piny at mnuv games ce.' ed life
.work, the purpose of tluxe ga-nes be-
Ini to develop man. and 'Je life of
man being .1 h- work, t. the result
upon his own character .if his work
Just so the teachers'or tie" fLttire keep
the children In their natle element,
play, as naure keeps us, making It
real to tliein. at nature docs to us,
surrounding them keeping them In It
as fish In water, taking them from
,ilny to lessons nnd repli-rlng them
infi-r Itssons nisln In pin), supervlseil
1'iiy Jtlllslni nliiy to fostc studv.
there are guinea t prepare for every
kind cf hsson,, games of activity for
the mentally slothful They neer
plncv children In that artificial state
culled decorum, which, being unnatural
to man. Is more unnnturnl to children
Decorum Is thnt atmosphere In which
we pline o r children today and can
tiese be decr"eel ns folio v: "Hit up!"
"Put tlat gum In the ba-kei" "su
straight!" ".d ire taking the time
of th class!" "Turn n round In your
scat!" lli i didn't ha to speak
so often!" '."he worst feature of do
rnriim Is the result thai follows that
terrible reaction seen In our present
day schooli prefer' to that certain
time devoted IP tedium a sort of
crazy time called recess, where the
pentup energies, the ovomtrulned
nerves, rust madly Into tho fresh air,
elllni!. shrieking lie Honing like cat
tle, u sort of human stampede, destroy
ing all undo their hoofs and leaving i
ill-dotation-In their nuke- or.) thing for.
freedom. t get out or ihls suppres
sion, this compression
The teachers ill ner our land are
doing a great ork I annut apeak
with too luch reverence of theso
brave, gewd men and women, these
missionaries 'n our children They
pre working wlthli. the fortress They
are uoiiik an tin) can ami need only
our co-opt ration to ifjke the Ideal a
reullty If j wuut u rare of moral
sulolslt we must'pay 111 price. And la
have taken a houso In nurllngame for
the summer. Thoy wlll'glvo up tho'lr
apartments at tho Fairmont the first
Of Mav. Mra nntrnn lu n .Intllitrnl
hostess, who will domuch to udd to
the gayotlcs of the summer nt Bur-
..
itngamu.
San Francisco Chronlclo; Thq ro-
turn or Mrs. Mortimer Smith to San
Francisco will bo pleasant nows to her
many mends Jiere. Bho arrived from
Honolulu on tho Manchuria on li-ri.inv.
uuer naving spent, several dollghtful
months as the guest of hor" uncle. Ad
nilrar ItceB. Deforo letttrnlng to her
homo In Massachusetts bIio will make
a brief slaj In San Pianclsco
it 4
I.t. and Mrs. aiassford had aparj
mcntB at tho Mnana Hotel while the
Paclflo Fleet was lit Honolulu find
were exteuslvely entortalned, by their
Honolulu friends. The following clip
ping from tho San Francisco Exam
iner will bo of Interest:
I.leulnnnnt Wllllnm A. OlaBsford Jr,
U. B, N., uud Mrs. Qlassford, who wait
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Bho Is a great friend ot tho Dun-
hv ftm Inftn In napn.m.u I. t.
It not rorth wHIeT It Is a tremen
dous assumption, und we must ray a
tremendous prlcj. Think of a rac
composed entirely of such men aa
Henjamln Franklin. Uncoln. Kdward
Hverett Hale. Roosevelt, L Conle,
Emerson, every ona n moral eoUlstl
Our schools ore ni' framed to ilovelop
great men and womei, but midlocr
men. nnd women, nil alike, of one crdl
nary mold, not Breat Indhlduula The
greatness of ncnrl) ever)- man or wo
man can be treasure! hv hm ..mi
schooling he or she has had
Aiomcrs, I appeal to joii. In our
homes and. In (he clothing of r
bodies em-n ber the chlldr-n. Ue tho
mot! era nnd homemnkcrs of im. r,.--
'of moral , lants. Let :h home be the
eorcnouse or strength, a place of ro
enforccment for. th- struggles outside,
n plnee of dpll't. the powir house of
Inspiration Let -tvery ono of us forego
the hone ,f extraviranco nnd cleave
to the hono of the spirit, a homo us
much more beautiful than the home of
the extremely rl.i nt we already rec
ognize It be than the home of tint
exiremel) pxr. A home so sym
metrical In form and quiet In tone and
simple that It glvi ot nnc peace Is"
really a home. Luxurious homes tako
from .s. take pur strength bv de
manding our attention to nil the lux
urious objects about us until wt be
come satlatee. by them, do.dcned to
them, and weary, and chango them.
Thus ue are devoured by our posses
sions. I u em to s-e one quiet, restful
room of this future homo with Its
simple walls of ui. varnished natural
wooel. a soft toned rug upon the lloor.
a Tew nercsSarf 'objects that ludlcnto '
tho purpose of the room, some simple
furniture, but containing only one ob
ject of purely ornamental beauty, ssch
AMtu beautiful yate of fruit blossoms,
or a slnglo landscape of rare clinriu. or
some cxqulal crlental Jnr.
Let us be on guard that we build
not a barricade of plush cushions and
upholstered mahogany between our
selves and oiir Ideals. Let us keep the
simple domestic life puro and uncon
tumlnated by the superficial, that we
may hum the beuutlful lesson ol
domestic Ore, ,
Miss Eleanor Phelps, daughter of nojr
Admiral Phelps, have returned to Vnl
lejo, and taken apartmontB at thj
Collins, I.lentenaut aiassford Is at
tached to the West Virginia and ilu--Ing
tho next few' months, whllo tha
vessel Is undergoing rep-ilrs nt Mnro
Island thq iiopular young nnval couplo
wll bo much entertained.
-
Mrs. J. Parker Currier, who Is trav
cling in Australia, wrjlea to friends
hero most enthusiastically of her u
perlences en route to Australia. Shu
spent a few days at Honolulu, where
Bho was the- guest of Miss l-ottln
Woods, who visited for several month
In the Islands. Mr. and Mrs, Currier
will spend some tlme'ln New Zealand
before returning homeward. 8. F. Hv
nmlner.
, I
Before sailing for l.os Angeles on
Tuesday, Hear Admiral and Mrs. Uriel
BUree announced that thoy would
maKe tfieir norno henceforth In Cull
fnrnln dividing their time between Sin"
Francisco and Coronmlo. At tho Iattor
place Mrs. Sobreo's father resides.
They have been urged to make their
homo In Washington, but the attrac
tions of California could not he pasn
ed by, so tho distinguished Admiral
and his charming wife aio to roturn
here. S. F. Call
The depnrturo for Europe on Mon
day of Mr, nnd -Mrs. Wellington Oregg,
Miss Enid and Miss Ethel Gregg nml
Miss Ellsso Schultz and Mr. Hydo
Smith sailing on Tuesday on the Si
beria for n vlBlt to Honolulu have
further depleted- the social ranks,
which Is gradually thinning out as the
summer days approach S, F, Exam
iner. f
r-J-"For Pent" cards on cale at
the Bulletin office.
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